Round-top extension-table.



G. W. MUNZ.

ROUND TOP EXTENSION TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2, 1906.

1,019,826.- Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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CHARLES W. MUNZ, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ROUND-TOP EXTENSION-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Application filed April 2, 1906. Serial No. 309,535.

To all whom it- 'may'conccrn:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. MUNZ, a

citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and .State of Michigamhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Round- Top Extension-Tables, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the means employed for storing detachable leaves beneath the stationary table top; and further in the peculiar construction; arrangement and comhereinafter set forth. In the drawings,vFigure l is a bottorn plan view of the extended table, showing in dotted lines the leaves in stored position; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the adjoining endscf a pair of leaves; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the connection between the pedestal and the stationary table top.

'A is the stationary top of a roundtop table, B the supporting pedestal, and C the segmental leaves by which the table top is extended. These leaves preferably are pro vided with a tongue and groove engagement with the peripheral edge of the stationary as illustrated at a, and are also end of each segment, and a corresponding tongue 0 at the opposite end.

D is a depending rail extending about the stationary table top near the edge thereof.

It is one of the objects of the invention to provide means for storing the leaves beneath the stationary top and within the space inclosed by the depending rail D. It is a further object to accomplish this without cutting away any portion of the rail D. To this end, I have provided one or more leafholding racks, which arefcapable of be ng lowered to receive the leaves andthen raised to a position where they will be concealed from view by the stationary depending rail D. As shown, two leaf-storingracks E E are'arranged upon opposite sides of preferably secured to the under side of the stationary top through the medium of a central crossbar or bolster F, which is mortised into the upper end of the pedestal and is secured thereto as by the central bolt G. The cross bar or bolster F also forms a means of atwhich preferably consist of a pair of arms d d, cross-connected at their outer ends by the bars 0, preferably of segmental form and pivotally connected at their inner ends ,to the depending brackets f on the bolster F. The arms (Z d for the opposite racks E may be arranged with their inner ends adjacent to each other and both secured by a single pivot bolt 9 to the bracket H is a latch-dog for engaging with the outer end of each of the racks E and holding the same in raised position.

The racks constructed as just described when disengaged from the dogs H are capable of dropping into an inclined position, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this position, they are sufiiciently below the lower edge of the rail D to permit of inserting the separate leaves C and restingthcm upon the arms E E, as indicated indotted lines in Fig. 1. The length of the leaves is limited so that they will fit within the space inclosed by the rail D, and the depth of the space between the racks and the stationary top is sufficient to receive a pile of at least one-half the number of leaves required to surround the stationary top. Thus, all of the leaves may be stored in the two racks and, when the latter are raised into engagement with the latch-dogs H, they will be completely concealed from view.

For securing the leaves to the stationary top, I preferably provide each with an inwardly-extending arm 1, adapted to engage with the slot in the top of the rail D and to extend inward beneath the stationary top of the table. A set-screw J is also preferably pro'vidcd for clamping these inwardlyextending arms, thereby locking them from movement in any direction and, by reason of the tongue and groove engagement between the leaves and the edge of the stationary top and between adjoining ends of the leaves, the extension sections are held rigidly in position. This set screw engages a bearing for the slide secured adjacent to the rail D. As shown, the arms I are preferably arranged at one side of the center of the leaves, so as to avoid interference with the pedestal in stored position;

\Vith the construction described, the table .is provided with self-contained means for extending the same, and the operation of extending or of contracting the table is quickly and easily performed.

lVhat I claim as my invention is,--..

The combination with a round stationary table top, of a series of leaves for surrounding the same and extending the diameter thereof, a central pedestal for supporting said stationary top, a cross-bar or bolster for bracing said top upon said pedestal, racks pivotally secured to said bolster at their inner ends and extending oppositely therefrom beneath said stationary top, said racks being adapted to receive all of said leaves,

CHARLES W. MUNZ.

Witnesses:

EDWARD A. AULT, JAMES P. BARRY. 

